The ideal of empowerment for self-directed learning embedded in the assertion made above seems, however, to be put into question in Asian education system with high power-distance cultures such as Singapore (Hofstede, 2001).
Terms such as women's autonomy, power, status, and agency are embedded within the concept of empowerment, and are often used interchangeably in the literature [ 27, 39].
Social Firms, provide the potential opportunity to overcome some of these challenges as the ethos embedded in them advocates for a model of empowerment and recovery-oriented service [ 40, 41].
CPHC is based on the assumption that outcomes such as empowerment of individuals and communities occur because of the principles being embedded in practice.
Such a personal acknowledgement will hopefully replace our views of empowerment or happiness as something to be experienced individually with one that is embedded in relationships.
13 20 Some doctors have expressed concern that "untethered" personal electronic health records (that is, those not linked to clinician held records or embedded in a wider care package) may promote unhealthy consumerism rather than empowerment.
Within this special issue, all the papers are connected to empowerment and social change, but how they are connected to these issues vary based on theories of change, which are embedded in their respective guiding paradigms.
Instead because safety is embedded in the work itself, our findings have impact across a range of other fields – from training to worker empowerment.
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